S I SEE IT
WITH

HARRY PEPPER
I had two rather interesting
chats with two veterans in the
fie ld of sports, locally, during
the past week and I would like
to pass on the information gained to the people interested.
The first will be of some
inte rest to ·an Rossland ball
fans , both young and old . To
the older ones, it will have some
nostalgic value. And to the
younger ones, lots of whom
must have wondered, as I have
done , how the Caps got their
na me, it will be of more than
·s ing interest.
nyway , here's the story as
d to me by the West Koote:iy Baseball League President,
,crry Long, whom many reads of the " Miner" will reme mber for his " Sportlite"
column .
It seems that a gentleman by
the name of Schwartzen arrived
in town and for some reason
had to stay overnight. After
getting his lodgings for the
night settled , he set out to see
what the town had to offer in
the way of excitement, and to
hear Gerry tell it, he didn't
find it lacking .
He got into a poker game
with some of the local sports
and was shortly divested of his
cash to the extent that he went
out looking for some way t
raise some more.
Among his luggage he was
carrying a complete set of
Vancouver Capilano Baseball
uniforms which he was willing
to give as collateral for the
sum of $60.00 which he was
going to use to redeem his
loss es in the poker game and
then com e back and pick up his
property .
However , as anyone knows
who has ever participated in
the game, this is not always the
easiest thing to do . Anyway
after the smoke had cleared he
had to leave town without his
uniforms , and after a court
case was held over the affair
the Rossland ball club became
the Rossland Capilanos and
have r etained the name to this
day . So the next time you see
Gerry you might do well to
call him " Mr . Capilano" instead of " Mr. Pres " as the
for me r has more seniority.
The s econd story concerns

some info handed down to me
by the newest recruit to the
Caps, the former mastermind
of some of Trail's better ball
clubs, Lou DeRosa . Lou has
certainly been able to fill a
vital role for the Capilanos .
Since coming to them , he has
been a top utility man , filling
in as pitcher, infielder and
outfielder and has added his
experience to the coaching
needs of the club.
The story concerns a tournament that Lou will be running
in Trail on the weekend of
Sept. IO , n and 12 .
It • will be baseball of the
double knock-out variety and
will feature 4 teams , Trail Rossland as the hosts, the Nelson Indians, Spokane (Gonzaga)
Bulldogs and the Kamloops Okonots who won the Okanagan
League recently when they defeated Kelowna 4 games to O in
the finals .
First prize will be $500 .00
and second $250 .00 and the touand second $250.00 and the
tourney will start Friday evening at 8:15 with Nelson going
against Trail-Rossland Saturday evening at 6:00. It will be
Kamloops vs Spokane and the
losers of these two games will
go against one another at 8:15
the same evening.
Sunday there will be ~a mes
at 12 noon, 2:30 p.m., 6:00
p.m. and 8:00 p.m. if necessa- ....._
ry . All games will be of 7
innings duration .
I would like to wish you all
the luck in the world in this
venture, Lou.
Play-For-Fun playoffs got
underway on Monday evening
with league winner Hanso.ns '
Texaco clobbering the Irvin
Hotel Mets 32- 23 while second place K.C. Knights shut out the
Allan Hotel Roadrunners 7-0 .
Play resumes nightly at both
parks till a winner is d~clared .
Then we can get down to business on our organizing job for
the banquet later in the fall .